Indians and half-Indians, male and female, lie closely packed together in long rows of aged cots along ill-ventilated halls.
— from Vagabonding down the Andes Being the Narrative of a Journey, Chiefly Afoot, from Panama to Buenos Aires by Harry Alverson Franck

Occasionally the traffic would come to a dead-lock, amid much shouting and forcible language, caused, perhaps, by the stoppage of some heavy wain, laden with blocks of building material, hauled along with ropes.
— from Neæra: A Tale of Ancient Rome by Graham, John W. (John William), active 1886-1887

The king went to his desk and hastily wrote a few lines, Count Pückler stood near him, and smilingly said to himself, "I will defend Breslau as Schill is defending Colberg!
— from Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

He thrilled at the sight of her as she turned and rode away in the dusk, and felt like crying [Pg 262] out to her to stop; that she was his, that she had been his from the beginning of time and he likewise hers; that he had been searching for her down the ages and had found her at last.
— from When Dreams Come True by Ritter Brown

“And so finally, in spite of all, this Gospel remains an extraordinarily valuable work, a collection of old and genuine material, which is loosely arranged and placed under a few leading conceptions; produced perhaps by that Mark whom the New Testament knows, and of whom Papias heard from the mouth of the elder John.”
— from The Christ Myth by Arthur Drews

Carolyn had no time to answer, for Leander came plunging into the room fresh from the pen where he kept his fowls.
— from Friendship and Folly: A Novel by Maria Louise Pool

Whoever controls a stream practically controls the land it renders productive, and the doctrine of private ownership of water apart from land cannot prevail without causing enduring wrong.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents